Tacloban

Got up at 5:30 and took the 6:oo flight from Manila to Tacloban on Saturday, February 25, 2006. Wenqian's friend David, whose brother-in-law owns this resort, arranged me to live in Leyte Park Resort.


Wenqian originally co-owned the shrimp ponds near the sea. Now he has already transfered the owership of the ponds to his previous partners and plans to develop other new ponds with David.


Later on, we had coffee at this hillside cafe, owned by a retired female German engineer.


Then, we came to visit the spot where General Douglas Macarthur of USA returned to the Philipines on October 20, 1944.



Then, through a native village where you could see pigs as well as dogs and chickens roaming on ground, and children were so happy and lovely. Further on, we had to cross on several shaking bamboo bridges over the river which brings water to the fish ponds of David's.



Where native laborers helped to catch some shrimps for dinner.